"POLITICAL INFORMATION: ACTIVITIES OF MASUD SABRI AND AHMAD JAN KASIMI, SINKIANG PROVINCE"

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800800010-7
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 7, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY China
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DATE DISTR. 7 September 1940
SUBJECT Political Infoa"aationa Activities of Masud. abri NO. OF PAGES and . bmad Jan Kasimi. Si Province CONFIDENTIAL
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1. The Soviet-supported "East Turkestan People's Republic" ! (Inin, Government) her begun
large-scale operations in various. parts of Sinkiang Province, and their hidden
strength in these areas is said to have become quite formidable. At present, the
Manass River has been fixed as the "temporary boundary line" between the ",~;'ast Turke-
stan People?s Republic" and the Chinese Sinkiang Province, and the barter of goods
between these two governments is carried on across this "b'order line."
I CQmmQnt. The following appeared in the 9 June 1948 issue of the Nankl.tt ;
Jen Pap "....Burhan., National Assembly delegate from Sinkiang, said that prices are
soaring rapidly in Sinkiang and now an egg costs 15,000 Sinkiang dollars ..... To in
prove the economic situation in Sinkiang, he hoped that Sino-Soviet trade could be
resumed soon.")
2. Uighur natives of the "least Turkestan People'?s Republic", dispatched by the Soviet
authorities, freely cross this line to Tihua and other important cities, where they
kidnap persons who are opposed to their Republic and return with the prisoners to
their own territory. 25X1A2G
3. Sinkiang Governor Masud Sabri (I , a native Uighur, appears to have some
sort of understanding with the authorities of the "East Turkestan People?s Republic"
because his wife, Sana (?), and their three sons are still' in the territory of' this
Republic. -
4. Masud 'Sabrri has formulated a plan for gaining a "high degree of self-government" for
Sinkiang Province to be followed by an Independent Sinkiang republic. The real moti?,.M
behind this plan is not known. Masud Sabri is a Kuomintang official and a member
of the CC Clique. 25X1A2G -
5. Ahmad Jan Kasimi , former Deputy Governor of Sinkiang and a graduate of
Moscow University, who has a ready proclaimed the existence of the"East Turkestan.
People's Republic," has plans underway to expand this Republic to include u1F>i)imatelyy
the whole of Sinkiang Province. Against this threat, the Chinese Government Is in as
very unfavorable position and cannot take positive steps. One possible explanation
of Masud Sabri's plan is that it is part of a political move of the Chinese Governmei':
to set up a buffer zone between the "East Turkestan People's Republic" and China
proper. Another possible explanation is that Masud Sabri saw the futility of.
fighting against the popular movement and feeling for "racial" (ethnic) tridependence
in Sinkiang and envisaged his plan as a means of maintaining his position.
return to Sinkiang of Sinkiang representatives to the National Assembly
will definitely affect the future political situation in the Province.
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ICt_mmp t. For Chineea-language press releases bearing in part on the above
information see "On the Matter of Popular Election of the Governor and Vice-Governor
of Siiiklang", an article in the 14 April 1948 issue of the ,Lung Pap, Shanghai;
uIniug?s Reply to General CHING Chihrch 4s Letter" in the 18 Januarry 1948 Issue of
the Ho Pi Jih Pao, Shanghai; and "General G1M G Chili chung?a Reply to Ihing?s Reply"
in the 2l January 1948 issue of the Ho PiuK Jih P , Shanghai.)
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